Apple Touts Over 1 Million iPhone 3GS Devices Sold, Quotes Steve Jobs

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Earlier today, reports started flowing in about Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster claiming 750,000 iPhone 3GS devices were sold over the weekend. In a news release, however, Apple claims that that number is off by more than 1/3, saying that sales actually exceeded 1 million units. In addition, the company says six million customers have downloaded the new iPhone 3.0 software in the first five days since its release.

Remarkably, Apple CEO Steve Jobs is quoted at the beginning of the press release – something we haven’t seen for quite a while and this after a weekend during which it was uncovered the man had a liver transplant a couple of months ago – saying:

“Customers are voting and the iPhone is winning. With over 50,000 applications available from Apple’s revolutionary App Store, iPhone momentum is stronger than ever.”

I’m not entirely sure if this is new, but the press release also mentions that MMS on the AT&T network will be available in ‘late summer’ (it was ‘later this summer’ in all other communication about the launch date as far as I can remember).

DescriptionApple's iPhone was introduced at MacWorld in January 2007 and officially went on sale June 29, 2007, selling 146,000 units within the first weekend of launch. The phone has been hailed as revolutionary with its bundle of advanced mobile web browsing, music and video playback, and touch screen controls. The iPhone is exclusively carried on the networks of both AT&T and Verizon in the U.S.
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DescriptionThe iPhone 3GS, announced at WWDC on June 8, 2009, is a faster iPhone featuring a 3.0 megapixel camera with autofocus, video recording capabilities with editing, and increased (3X) processing speed.
The 3GS is available in 16GB and 32GB, for $199 and $299, respectively.
Other new features include:
- Digital Compass
- Cut, Copy, and Paste
- MMS (release delayed in the US)
- WiFi tethering …